Chapter 323 Grudges

Author: Crazy Chen

Chapter 323 Grudges

Youzhou's sudden attack failed, and Lu Zhi already knew about it.

He was old and had poor eyesight, so he couldn't see clearly the battlefield on the Youzhou Tuqi side, so he asked his staff Jushou to help him look at the situation on the battlefield.

So there was this conversation.

Jushou stood on the chariot, and Lu Zhi sat under the canopy.

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and asked:

"Have Youzhou Tuqi withdrew?"

Lu Zhi estimated that the second wave of messengers had almost arrived with the order, so he asked.

On the chariot, Ju Shuo put up a tent with his hands and squinted at the battlefield to the east. He became more and more confused. He said to Lu Zhi:

"My Lord, it seems that the Youzhou Cavalry has not withdrawn, but is arranging an assault formation."

Lu Zhi stood up suddenly and said in surprise:

"You read that right, Cui Jun really wants to fight the Taishan bandits?"

Jushou was not sure, so he looked carefully and then said to Lu Zhi:

"They are arranging an assault formation, facing the Taishan bandits coming from the east."

These words made Lu Zhi sit down again. His face was uncertain, and he said in surprise:

"What tricks does Xiao Cui have that I don't know about? Can he be confident enough to win the battle?"

But after thinking about it, Lu Zhi gave up directly. He couldn't take the risk. No matter whether Cui Jun had any confidence, he still had to let them withdraw first and let Zhao Guobing behind them stop him.

So he called another guard and asked him to bring military orders for Youzhou's sudden cavalry to withdraw.

Unexpectedly, not long after the soldiers left, Jushou, who had been observing, exclaimed:

"Commander, the Youzhou Cavalry has moved and is heading south. And..."

"And what?"

"And it seems that one of them was separated and specially used as the leader."

After hearing this, Lu Zhi was so angry that he cursed:

"Will Cui Jun lead troops? The cavalry can only attack with one strike, so what's the point? He should be using infantry? If the cavalry is used separately, it will only come in waves!"

Indeed, the purpose of the cavalry is to break up the formation. If used separately, the impact capability will be greatly weakened. One thousand cavalry charging twice is not the same as five hundred cavalry charging twice.

But Jushou did not agree with Lu Zhi's words but looked at the battlefield in the distance, and there was silence for a while.

Below, Lu Zhi called Jushou several times before Jushou came back to his senses and said sadly:

"My lord, the Youzhou cavalry who just came out of battle are all dead."

Lu Zhi jumped up and cursed again. This time he selected three soldiers and once again sent an order to Youzhou Tuqi to withdraw.

I just hope it all comes in time.

…

"It's too late, Artest, you can take your brothers and retreat."

In the dilapidated military formation, Ji Sun said to Zhang Tai in despair.

Soon after the Sun Sacrifice attack was blocked and everyone dismounted and formed a formation, the Yellow Turban warriors who had been dispersed by the Yue Cavalry caught up with the Sun Sacrifice again under Zhang Tai's organization and merged into a formation.

After gathering their troops together, there were probably more than a thousand soldiers of Jisun. They were surrounded by Han soldiers twice as many as themselves, and the situation became more and more difficult.

Later, as thousands of Yueqi were ordered by Lu Zhi to be dispatched to the eastern battlefield, preparing to cooperate with the Youzhou Assault Cavalry to stop the Taishan bandits, the situation of the Sun Sacrifice did not improve much.

Because an inhuman warrior was sent from the opposite side. Not only was he nine feet tall but his waist was ten inches wide, he used a huge ax to stir up a burst of flesh and blood.

The three generals sent by Ji Sun were all chopped to death by his men.

The Han army had this general who could defeat them in every possible way, squeezing the formation of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou smaller and smaller.

Later, Jisun and his men also rushed past, and even his left leg bone was smashed and fractured. If Zhang Tai had not saved him desperately, Jisun would have followed in the footsteps of the previous generals.

Being pulled back into the inner formation, Jisun knew that his plan to behead Lu Zhi was in vain, so he just said what he said and asked Zhang Tai to take his brothers away.

But how could Zhang Tai be willing?

He said to the sacrificial grandson:

"Qushuai, I entered Taipingdao because of you, and I know these truths because of you. So I know that this world can be without me, Zhang Tai, but it cannot be without you, Qushuai."

Jisun still wanted to speak, so Zhang Tai took off his armor, then carried Jisun on his back, and without saying a word, took him to the north of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Right Formation.

The leader there, He Huang, also led his Taoist disciples to resist.

Ji Sunfu was picked up, struggling and scolding, if he was allowed to abandon the army and run away, he might as well die here.

Zhang Tai also knows Jisun's temperament and knows that Jisun will really do what he says if he doesn't arrange the brothers well.

So, Zhang Tai called the remaining officials and began to arrange the retreat mission.

With the Yellow Turban warriors as the rear and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban dismounted knights as the circle, they protected the sacrificial grandson and headed north of the battlefield.

In this way, more than a thousand Yellow Turbans retreated towards the north. Along the way, there were Yellow Turban corpses lying on the ground and the remains of the Han army, which was terrifying.

The Han army did not let go of the retreating Yellow Turban troops. On the one hand, they kept throwing arrows and on the other hand, they chased them.

Jisun, who was carried by Zhang Tai, did not notice that his subordinates kept returning to intercept the pursuers, and then never came back.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and Zhang Tai was seriously injured. An arrow was stuck in his shoulder, and blood flowed through his elbow, but his pace did not slow down at all.

I don't know how long it took, it could be a long time or a short time, but Zhang Tai finally led a small number of officials and rushed into He Huang's formation.

As soon as they entered the battle, He Huang also came over with people wrapped in cloth. When he saw Jisun who had fainted from pain, He Huang burst into tears and asked Zhang Tai how Jisun died.

After knowing that Jisun had just fainted, He Huang calmed down and asked someone to help Jisun to rest on Hu's bed.

Over there, Zhang Tai was being treated for his wounds while asking how the war was going.

Zhang Taiben had prepared for the worst, but who knew He Huangdao:

"It's not too late, we can't lose this battle."

Zhang Tai was surprised and confused, after all this, he still can’t lose?

Then, He Huang pointed to the east and saw the crimson uniforms representing the Han army retreating one after another. The same army in yellow uniforms was forming a formation to drive them away.

From time to time, he would see someone in the Han army fall down and be beheaded by the Taishan army pressing down from behind.

Zhang Tai also saw some familiar knights, who were the overriding knights of the Yellow Turban warriors who had attacked him before.

These people had long lost their previous majesty, and now they were panic-stricken and disappeared from the north of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Formation without looking back.

At this time, a sharp golden sound also sounded from the Han army in the south.

Everyone understands that this battle is over.

…

The Han army retreated, but neither the Taishan Army nor the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans pursued it.

On the one hand, the two armies lacked a sufficient number of cavalry to pursue, and on the other hand, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans suffered very heavy losses. They had to find Pao Ze who was injured and lying on the battlefield in time.

It's already dark, the night is very cold, and many people are bound to be unable to survive it.

The Taishan Army is counting the names of each battalion. Although they won the battle, their losses were not small.

Within half an hour from arriving on the battlefield to the end of the battle, eighteen officials and more than two hundred soldiers had died.

Most of the casualties occurred in the second wave of Youzhou Assault Cavalry attacks.

So after the hundred warriors of the Han army surrendered, many people in the Taishan army wanted to kill them. Not because the battle ended too quickly, these people might not survive.

Although the Taishan Army did not pursue the fleeing Han Army, they quickly captured the baggage left by the Han Army on the battlefield.

Relying on these baggage, the Taishan Army took advantage of the last moment of darkness and began to build a huge camp on the south side of the battlefield to shield themselves and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban from the night wind.

Then the Taishan army saw countless sick and wounded Han soldiers abandoned on the battlefield. These people were abandoned on the frozen soil and committed suicide.

The Taishan Army wanted to save them, but none of the sick and wounded Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had been sent to the camp, let alone them.

The result left to these people is to slowly freeze to death in the dark night.

The casualties of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are really very heavy. The only one that can be organized at present is the Jinan Yellow Turban Right Army, which only has an establishment of about 5,000 people.

However, the real casualties of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were not as high as expected. Most of the people were scattered everywhere and lost their organization.

Now that the war is over, as long as the troops are reorganized, some more troops can still be formed.

What was really lost was the essence and upper echelons of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. Among the 40,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, there were about 5,000 armored Yellow Turban warriors.

However, as an important force for attack and defense in this battle, this unit was severely damaged. The deaths of these people were the bones that broke the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans' fighting strength.

Later, the body of Zhang Rao, the commander of Qushang in Pingyuan County, was also found. He died with more than a thousand yellow scarf warriors.
To be continued...